Oonogahara

Japanese: 大野ヶ原 - おおのがはら
Oonogahara

A limestone plateau in the western Shikoku Mountains, straddling the border between Ehime and Kochi prefectures. It lies at an elevation of 900-1400 meters. It has been designated as part of the Shikoku Karst Prefectural Natural Park. It corresponds to the limestone belt of the Chichibu Mesozoic and Paleozoic strata, and is distributed over an area of ​​7.4 square kilometers, stretching about 2 kilometers from north to south and 5 kilometers from east to west, with the limestone reaching a thickness of about 20-50 meters. Genjigadaba in the southern part of the karst plateau is an old Karenfeld (stone tower field), and about 100 dolines and ubares are scattered on the northern foot of the mountain, some of which contain water. After the Second World War, pioneer farmers settled here and engaged in dairy farming and highland agriculture. The vertical limestone caves include the 260-meter-deep Ryuo Cave, Nishiterayama Cave, Sasagatoge Cave, etc. At the western foot of the mountain is the 430-meter-long horizontal cave called Rakan Cave.

[Kazuo Fukaishi]

Onogahara
Genjigadama on the Ehime side. Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture / Yusuhara Town, Takaoka District, Kochi Prefecture © Ehime Prefecture Tourism and Products Association

Onogahara


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

四国山地西部、愛媛・高知県境にまたがる石灰岩台地。標高900~1400メートル。四国カルスト県立自然公園に指定されている。秩父中・古生層の石灰岩帯に相当し、南北約2キロメートル、東西5キロメートル、面積7.4平方キロメートルにわたって分布し、石灰岩の厚さは約20~50メートルに達する。カルスト台地南部の源氏ヶ駄馬(げんじがだば)は老年期のカレンフェルト(石塔原)で、北麓(ほくろく)にはドリーネやウバーレが約100個散在し、内部に水をたたえたものもある。第二次世界大戦後開拓農民が入植し、酪農や高地農業を営んでいる。竪穴鍾乳洞(たてあなしょうにゅうどう)には深さ260メートルの竜王洞をはじめ、西寺山洞(にしてらやまどう)、笹ヶ峠洞(ささがとうげどう)などがある。西麓には全長430メートルの横穴の羅漢穴(らかんあな)がある。

[深石一夫]

大野ヶ原
愛媛県側の源氏ヶ駄馬。愛媛県西予市/高知県高岡郡檮原町©一般社団法人愛媛県観光物産協会">

大野ヶ原


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